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Lot 948 Dα

A rare pair of gondola chairs with zoomorphic decor

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 31.250 € (incl. premium)
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A rare pair of gondola chairs with zoomorphic decor

Gold painted wood, upholstery with modern green velvet covers. Unusual and finely carved frames, the curved front legs formed as bundles of acanthus, the back legs of square section and curved backwards. The sides carved as chimaeras with the bodies of snakes, the heads of birds, and the tails of dolphins. H 84.5, W c. 54, seat depth c. 30 cm.
Attributed to Russia, late 18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Copenhagen.

Literature

Cf. a chair and armchair from the workshop of Jean-Baptiste Charlemagne in the Tsarskoye Selo collection (published in: Guseva/Semyonova, Russian Eighteenth-Century Furniture in the Hermitage Collection, Saint Petersburg 2015, p. 204 ff.)